Opunohu Bay

Opunohu Bay is a 3-km long bay on the island of Moorea, Tahiti. The water is 80 metres deep at the mouth. The bay is subject to wind-driven currents and upwellings.^[1] Sailboats and tour boats regularly enter the bay. Opunohu bay is west of Cook's Bay and Pao Pao.

A panorama view from Belvedere Point on Mount Tohivea, looking towards Opunohu Bay on the left, and Cook's bay on the right, separated by Mou'a Rotui (899 m). Mou'a Roa (880 m) is on the left.

^ Wolanski, Eric; Delesalle, Bruno (1 January 1995). "Wind-driven upwelling in Opunohu Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 40 (1): 57–66. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(95)90013-6. ISSN 0272-7714.

[1] Wolanski, Eric; Delesalle, Bruno (1 January 1995). "Wind-driven upwelling in Opunohu Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 40 (1): 57–66. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(95)90013-6. ISSN 0272-7714.

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